Author: Jimmy
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Anti-Austerity Protests in Spain; U.S. Media Not Reporting
Police are trying to clear out the massive anti-austerity demonstration that engulfed Spain’s federal district this evening. via Business Insider. Follow the link for photos. This is us in a few years. There’s no other way.
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Painkillers Kill More Than Heroin And Cocaine Combined
Prescription opioid painkillers are responsible for more fatal overdoses in the U.S. than heroin and cocaine combined, according to a new study out of Brandeis University. via Business Insider. I’m fascinated by statistics about how we die. In Chicago gun crimes get all the media attention however heroin, and now I guess narcotic overdoses actually…
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Mayor Booker Gives Rahm & McCarthy an Idea
This will be “policy” in Chicago within the next 12 months. Controversial Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker wants to make an offer to local drug dealers that they can’t refuse. Cory Booker and former New York Gov. David Paterson spoke Tuesday morning about recidivism and racism at a panel hosted by Stroock law firm. One…
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Allen West Samples a U.N. Speech
Florida Congressman Allen West had harsh criticism for Barack Obama after the President’s speech at the United Nations today. In a Facebook post Tuesday, the Tea Party favorite accused Obama of continuing to “offer up apologies instead of defending our hard earned First Amendment right to freedom of speech,” and slammed the President for not…
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Embarassing Americans — And These People Vote
I received this via email this morning. I thought it was timely because just yesterday Howard Stern played audio of his producers in Harlem interviewing Obama supporters. There is something very very wrong with the educational system in this country whereas so many can be so ignorant of the most basic facts. There is no…
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Two Stabbed Outside Near North Bars
Two men were stabbed, another badly beaten and a fourth arrested early Sunday morning after a fight on Division Street spilled over onto State Street, according to police. An officer sustained non-life-threatening injuries that didn’t require hospitalization while trying to make the arrest on a 24-year-old man, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli…
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50,000 New Jobs!! Seasonal… at Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores said on Friday that it plans to give current workers the chance to work more hours and will hire more than 50,000 seasonal employees as it gets ready for the winter holiday season, its busiest time of year. via Fox Business. [Insert cheap joke here.]
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Legislative Change Means $670 million More for Teachers’ Pensions
The state will have to come up with another $670 million for the teacher pension system in the next budget after a retirement fund panel crunched the numbers and adjusted its assumptions. The Teachers’ Retirement System lowered what it expects from investments from 8.5 percent to 8 percent. The pension fund’s leadership also increased a…
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Streetwise Launches Neighbor Carts
Rick Jones’ booming voice makes him hard to miss on the corner of Broadway and Wilson Avenue, where he shouts “fresh fruit” to passers-by rushing to and from the nearby Red Line station. Neatly displayed apples, bananas, plums and strawberries line the stainless steel cart that sits behind him. Jones, a struggling veteran, was recruited…
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No Street Money in Chicago; Could Obama Lose Illinois? Cook County?
A lot of anger in the rank and file because Barack Obama is not handing out the typical “street money” to hire thugs to work the precincts and intimidate black voters into showing up at the polls. Obama’s balking at the $2 million that would cost because the campaign can’t afford to spend it. This…